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Garowe-December 19,2018: Hon. Drs. Marian Ahmed Ali, Minister of women development and family affairs launched the first ever Puntland Plan of Action for Children (PPAC) designed specifically to achieve Government’s commitment to make Puntland the best place for children in Somalia.

For Saynab, a 16-year-old class seven pupil at Kalabayr Primary School, going to school means everything to her. She gets excited just thinking of spending another day in school, learning and playing with friends. She has big dreams for herself. She wants to be an English Teacher.

"I was only six years old when I experienced the worst nightmare of my life. Something that left me filled with grief and fear,’’ says Laki Muse* as she recalls how she left her home in Ethiopia to seek refuge in neighboring Somalia.

Hawa Abdullahi is a principal of Dr. Abdalla Derow Primary School for Girls in Baidoa, Bay Region of South West State, Somalia. Photograph: Abdirahman Abdulle / Save the Children.

When I asked Asad about his dreams, his eyes lit up immediately.  He smiled and gave that look of enthusiasm, excitement and hope.  “I want to be a doctor,” he says.  “Yes. Now I know if I work hard, I can make it.”  This is a change in Asad. Some months ago, he wasn’t sure if he will continue with school, let alone dream of becoming a doctor. Asad, a third born in a family of eight is a fifth grade student at Al-Hikma Primary School.